Summer is coming to an end and so are holidays. This summer is comparatively dull thanks to IPL and lack of planning for releases. After few postponements “Iddarammayilatho”, the much awaited last biggie of summer is being released. It is second film in “Desamuduru” combination Puri Jagannath and Allu Arjun. While Blockbuster Bandla ganesh produced the film, Iddarammayilu in the title are played by beautiful damsels Amala Paul and Catherine Theresa.
Plot: Akanksha(Catherine) , a psychology student comes to Spain. She sees a dairy left by her previous tenant Komali(Amala) in her room and starts reading it. She comes to know about her love story with a Guitar player Sanju(AA).
What is the underlying truth beyond the writings in the dairy? What happens to Komali ? forms the crux of the film.
Actors:
Allu Arjun looks ultra stylish in this film. He has given a neat and subtle performance. Though few, He nicely renders some Puri mark punch dialogues especially on boy-girl fundas. With lot of Mega heroes coming into films, it seems inevitable for Allu Arjun to remind his love for Megastar by dancing for the tunes of Gang Leader and Shanker Dada.
Amala Paul looks cute enough as Komali. In the movie itself Allu Arjun tells her “Abbo Kevvu keka antha kaadu gaani..nuvvu cute gaa untaavu” . She played her role well.
This new girl in the block ,Catherine Teresa is something to watch out for . Though she went overboard in few scenes, she has got loads of energy. Her beauty scores brownie points.
Brahmanandam is good in first half. But his comedy track with Ali in later half breaks your head. Naazer, Tanikella Bharani, Rao Ramesh, Pragati , subbaraju etc seen in brief roles.
So nice First half and Not so second.
Movie starts very promisingly with the dairy concept. As the first half switches back and forth with love tracks of two girls, title “Iddarammayilatho” seemed very apt. Very neat screenplay in this half with rich visuals gives you soothing effect. While few could guess and few already know the twist for the interval, First half moves smoothly. This half has got nice songs like “Violin song”- so romantically pictured, “Shankarabharanam tho – Nice song on Brahmi” and “Run Run” –energetic number .
Like many films, here too second half stammers a lot . Audience feel that since interval twist is revealed and there is nothing much to say in this half. Few might walk away too thinking the same. Ali-Brahmi’s silly comedy track just sprinkles pepper on the wound. But Puri has stored a little twist towards the climax. That makes climax sensible and satisfies you if not otherwise. In this half, the last number “Top Lechi poddi” sounds exactly as the lyric.
Goodies and Baddies …
Not many punches from Puri Jagannath this time. Though he sticks to the storyline perfectly in first half, the tempo is lost during the second. Puri, who wrote hilarious comedy tracks before lost complete grip there.
Technical aspects shine very much this time. Amol Rathod’s rich cinematography, Devi Sri Prasad’s titillating tunes and stylish overall look adds positively to the film. Fights are wonderfully composed by Bangkok based Choreographer Kecha, especially interval and climax fights deserve mention.
Final Word…
Neat first half and stylish look and Allu Arjun and his “Iddarammayilu” are the best aspects of the film. Slow second half might kill your enthuse for a while. Not a must but watch it for time pass and goodies mentioned.
Rating
57/100
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